Sílvia das FadasThe Book of Natural Magic (2011) 3 min, 16mm, b/w, silent
An exploration of the properties of mirrors and other devices of illusions inspired by the encounter with an old edition of Giambattista della Porta’s Magiae Naturalis.

Sílvia das FadasSquare Dance, Los Angeles County, California, 2013 (2013) 9 min, 16mm, color, sound
As I was carrying those images with me, someone asked me about the film, the film he supposed the images belonged to. I had to reply that there was no film, the images weren’t mine. But this question became an obsession, a ritornello. What film could be enclosed in those photographs? What was the context, the portion of the real in there? Who were those persons? Who was hosting the party? To which music were they dancing? Were they romantic songs, political songs? What was the relationship between the couples? How did one of the young men tore his shirt? What provoked the tension? The expectation in their expressions?… And why this set of emotional responses they aroused in me, this strong wish for narrative, even a fragmentary one?

Cosmo Segurson, Lisa Marr, Paolo Davanzo & students from A Free SchoolThere It Is — Take It! (2013) 14 min, hand-processed 16mm, archival photos and film, digital video
Do you know where your water comes from? As a centennial celebration, this wordless documentary examines the history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Using incredible and many previously unseen images from historical archives all over our city, ‘There It Is – Take It!’ is both a whimsical, dream like journey back in time, and a genuine love letter to the hard working men and women who achieved an engineering wonder, 100 years ago this month.